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WASHINGTON: Ford Motor said on Thursday it had confirmed a second death in an older pickup truck caused by a defective airbag inflator of Takata and urged 2,900 owners in North America to stop driving immediately until they can get…

WASHINGTON: Ford Motor and Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are testing a way to enable self-driving vehicles to communicate their movements visually to pedestrians, cyclists and to human drivers, the researchers said on Wednesday.…

FRANKFURT: Europe's biggest carmakers are drawing on the full force of the continent's industrial prowess to build a network of ultra-fast charging stations as they look to stoke demand for electric cars and break Tesla's stranglehold on…

DETROIT: Fiat Chrysler so far has escaped the wrath of President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter feed, but the automaker is due to start importing models from Mexico as soon as this month.
Fiat Chrysler shifted production of the new Jeep…

TOKYO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened Toyota over its Mexican-built cars, but the biggest risk from a punitive tariff would be for its compatriot Nissan, the largest automaker operating in the country.
Trump has…

Ford Motor said on Tuesday it will cancel a planned $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million at a Michigan factory, after it had come under harsh criticism from President-elect Donald Trump for its Mexican investment…

DETROIT: Ford Motor is studying a system to use drones to help guide self-driving vehicles, including on off-road adventures, company officials said.
Drones launched from an autonomous vehicle would help guide it by mapping the…

Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Tata Motors are testing connected cars which can communicate with each other using technology designed to speed up journeys and cut accidents, the first such trials in Britain.
Cars which are able to warn…

DETROIT: General Motors Co Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, who last year became the first woman to lead a major U.S. automaker, received $16.2 million in 2014 compensation, up 78 percent from her predecessor's total the previous year.